I know what you are saying also. It is the same thing that Kenpachi told him he lacked, that killing intent. The ichigo from the first part of the series was always confident enough to not only talk, but taunt his opponents no matter who they were. Here we see him taunting Grimjoww again. He doesn't look afraid. My question is what happened to him while he was dead. Did he pull a sayain "i got defeated so i got stronger power up"? maybe being dead allowed him to really get in touch with his hollow side. Either way he is at least ready to fight now.

It's usually a foreshadowing of a "stupendous ass kicking" dead ahead. Ichigo always demolishes the enemy every time it comes up, or makes a super-attack...either that or he attains a new level of power/realization of his power (See: Urahara, Renji, Shirosaki, Zaraki...etc). I so missed the "blue eye flash"....and then it came back during the Inner Hollow Fight =D

It's usually a foreshadowing of a "stupendous ass kicking" dead ahead. Ichigo always demolishes the enemy every time it comes up, or makes a super-attack...either that or he attains a new level of power/realization of his power (See: Urahara, Renji, Shirosaki, Zaraki...etc). I so missed the "blue eye flash"....and then it came back during the Inner Hollow Fight =D

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I was just thinking of a scene consisting of Ichigo' eyes to start glowing blue right before he fights with Grimmjow.

It's usually a foreshadowing of a "stupendous ass kicking" dead ahead. Ichigo always demolishes the enemy every time it comes up, or makes a super-attack...either that or he attains a new level of power/realization of his power (See: Urahara, Renji, Shirosaki, Zaraki...etc). I so missed the "blue eye flash"....and then it came back during the Inner Hollow Fight =D

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Blue Eye Flash TM. That needs trademarked as a name...
Grimmjow is in deep shit, unless he goes the route of Zaraki, who took the blue eye flash and managed to force a draw.

P.S. That has always been Ichigo's problem; lack of control over his power, and lack of resolve to use it. Against Grimm, I think he can force a draw or something. He's not gonna lose, that's for sure. Blue Eye FlashTM FTW!

There is a thing called leveling. Ichigo was just 4th officer seat level when he stepped into SS too ended up Captain level. He is growing, closing gap as he got beat by stronger opponents.

Possibly by end of arc, he will grow as strong as strongest espada and in final battle, will require more training for Vasto Lordes

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QFT SiSL.

Ichigo's been a Shinigami for, how long? Less than a year? He may have hit Shikai, Bankai, and Masked forms, but there's no way he's reached his full potential yet. He defintely has a huge amount of room to grow.

Yamamoto didn't become strong in a day....nor Aizen...nor did the other characters in Bleach. Years and years of experience under their belts, people.

Ichigo became strong in 2 days =D (Bankai Shortcut FTW). But he's still a 15 year old Shinigami Sub with a lot to learn about his powers.

I've loved anything about Ichigo being insanely powerful, ever since Byakuya and Renji came to arrest Rukia and Ichigo started laughing and overwhelmed Renji to the fullest.

Ichigo doing his blue eye flash against Zaraki was the turning point, if anything, when the hollow entity formed in his reiatsu, the animation turned amazing, and he FLASHED Zaraki down.

If he has shown the blue eye flash again, finally, which he hasn't done in quite a while (he's been relying on his own skill, HA!), Grimmjaw, nay, WE will have a brilliant fight next chapter, unless Kubo Taito plays a Kubo Taito on us and shows all the other characters running up the stairs to the execution field, then talking with a small pink-haired little girl who is suprisingly philosophical... Because we've all seen enough of that (specially me, who has read the manga of that situation 4 times and seen the episode twice...)

Hopefully Ichigo will kick some major ass now, because even people who say "another power-up will ruin it" are thinking "TALK TO ZANGETSU AND BE CRUSHED UNDER SHIROSAKI'S HOOVES!".